Saving as a data disk?

videomojo

videomojo

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Hello everyone.

I called Sony to ask them what would be the best way to save my projects after they're completed. The Sony woman said I should save them as data on a disk...but she couldn't tell me how to do this. ???

I could also save to tape, since I have a Sony HDV deck.

I thought if if I could save a project in an uncompressed way, then I can dump the project and all the media files from my hard drives, making room for the next project.

Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
You can keep the original tapes, and just save the VEG file and any other non-video media you might have used. Then, if you need to go back to the project, recapture the media -- Vegas can do this for you automatically.
 
One other option is that depending on how large your project is you could save it to DVD(s). Most of my projects are fairly small, and I can fit all the source data onto a few discs - which I like for storage. If you have files larger than the max DVD size, many copy programs allow you to span discs.
 
I think that's what Sony was suggesting, to save them to disk as data, not mpeg....

how do you do that?

otherwise, aren't I compressing everything if I save it as an mpeg?
 
videomojo said:
I think that's what Sony was suggesting, to save them to disk as data, not mpeg....

how do you do that?

otherwise, aren't I compressing everything if I save it as an mpeg?
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Use a CD/DVD program like Nero, Toast (for Mac's), etc. They let you select files from your hard drive(s) to include on the DVD. When you have all the files in this case the .veg and your project media, i.e. M2T's, Cineform Intermediates, stills, sound, music and narration selected, you click "burn" DVD and all of the files are copied to the DVD (if they fit). Most programs allow spanning so you can split large data over multiple DVD's.

These programs DO NOT create mpg's they copy the files in their orginal format. The process is just like copying files to a floppy or a thumb drive except its automated and the files are burned to optical media.

S Cannon
 
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Videomojo:

Good question. I have used Adobe Encore DVD up until now and it allows you to add content like PDF's, Excel documents etc. to a ROM section on the disk. If you play the DVD in a computer you can access these files. I don't see this mentioned anywhere in the DVD Architect Manual.

That said, for you purposes you want to use the maximum storage capacity of the DVD as a "file folder" and DVD Architect dosen't give you the tools to do this. If you use a PC Nero 7 Premium is an excellent program. You can downlaod it for $59.95 off their web site. The also have a free trial version.

http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/nero7-demo.php

If you using a Mac then someting like Toast Platinum or one of their other products would be useful.

Whether I use DVD Architect or Adobe Encore I set up a master folder for each project I work on. I store all media assets and program files for that project in that one folder. At the end of the project I either archive these files on a DVD, or if its a large project I archive files on an individual hard drive.

Hope this helps.

S Cannon
 
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As far as i can tell you can't do it with DVD architect.

You can use Windows XP itself to add data to a CD data disk (never tried it for DVD so don't know if it works or not. Its simple.

Just open up a windows explorer session. Then click open "My Computer". Then select your CD/DVD writer drive (usually D: on many machines). You now have a blank window. Just drag and drop all your files in here until you have it full for whatever capacity your CD media is. Then go to "File" and "Write these files to CD", making sure your blank CD is already in the drive.

Personally I use Nero to write disks like this and of course you can use that to write a DVD data disk for sure.
 
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